Moving away from The Next Generation crew, this set focused on the DS9 series-specific Federation, Bajoran and Cardassian affiliations. It introduced new rules for Nors, Sites and Headquarters and added a lot of complexity to the game. It also provided counterstrategies to two of the dominant concepts at that time, but not to all of them. Cardassians had a way to do massive card-drawing and recycling. 277 cards (including the white border "preview" card U.S.S Defiant).